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PhD Candidates

Ravi Bhadauria

• Advisor:
  • N. R. Aluru
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Stochastic simulations
  • Interfacial dynamics
  • Nanoscale transport

Yu Hao Liu

• Advisor:
  • John A. Rogers
• Departments:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Prosthesis control
  • Biomedical sensors
  • Semiconductor
  • Wearable, Flexible Electronics
  • Micro-, Nano-fabrication

Shamira Sridharan

• Advisor:
  • Dr Gabriel Popescu
• Departments:
  • Bioengineering
• Areas of Expertise:

You Zhai

• Advisor:
  • Moonsub Shim
• Departments:
  • Materials Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Physical characterization
  • Semiconductor
  • Chemistry synthesis
  • Nanomaterials

Taishan Zhu

• Advisor:
  • Elif Ertekin
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:

Postdoctoral Researchers

Piyas Bal Chowdhury

• Advisor:
  • Huseyin Sehitoglu
• Departments:
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Density functional theory
  • Microstructure characterization
  • Shape memory alloys
  • Fracture, fatigue, deformation

Abhishek Suresh Dhoble

• Advisor:
  • Dr. Kaustubh D. Bhalerao
• Departments:
  • Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Areas of Expertise:
  • Microbiome Engineering
  • Cytometric Fingerprinting & Machine Learning (CFML)
  • Biomimicking Approaches for Design/Control/Operation of Compact/Flexible Bio-digesters
  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
  • Bovine Mastitis
  • Nanotoxicity
  • Complex Microbial Community Dynamics
  • Agro-Processing, Agro-Waste Management & Soil Restoration Techniques